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Dental Abstracts

Volume 59, Issue 6, November–December 2014, Pages 297-298
Dental Abstracts

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Infected and noninfected implant sites

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Background

Immediate implant placement reduces treatment time, improves the esthetic outcome, increases the patient’s comfort during healing, and has been highly predictable with high rates of success when no periapical lesions are present. Immediate placement also maintains the horizontal and vertical dimensions of osseous tissues and retains the angle of implants in line with preexisting natural teeth. Some studies indicate that periradicular infection is less common in immediate implants if the

Methods

The noninfected sites served as the control group (CG), and the infected but treated sites were the test group (TG). The infected sites were managed with debridement, curettage, cleaning with 90% hydrogen peroxide, irradiation with yttrium-scandium-gallium-garnet lasers, and chlorhexidine rinses, along with GBR and antibiotic coverage. Pain, occlusion, prosthesis mobility, and the fulfillment of success criteria were analyzed, along with successful osseointegration after 12, 24, and 36 months (

Results

No significant difference was noted between the survival rates of the TG and CG implants. TG implants had a survival rate of 100% after 12 and 24 months and 94.44% after 36 months. CG implants had a survival rate of 100% at all three evaluation points.

The PD did not change significantly from baseline until 36 months in either group. Mean mPI scores were also statistically similar at baseline and after 24 and 36 months. Lower values were noted for the TG implants than the CG implants after 12

Discussion

The success rates for implants placed in infected but treated and noninfected sites were comparable. Maintenance and health of the peri-implant soft and hard tissues was similar between the test and control groups. Corroboration of these positive findings will require clinical trials that last longer than 36 months.

Clinical Significance

Successful immediate implantation in debrided infected sockets is largely dependent on complete removal of all contaminated tissues, controlled regeneration of

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Montoya-Salazar V, Castillo-Oyagüe R, Torres-Sánchez C, et al: Outcome of single immediate implants placed in post-extraction infected and non-infected sites, restored with cemented crowns: A 3-year prospective study. J Dent 42:645-652, 2014

Reprints available from R Castillo-Oyagüe, Dept of Buccofacial Prostheses, Faculty of Dentistry, Complutense Univ of Madrid (UCM), Pza Ramón y Cajal s/n, E-28040 Madrid, Spain; fax: +34 913942029; e-mail: [email protected], [email protected]

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